[78-L] PEARL label

[Thomas Stern]

The BLUE PAGES have information under Larry Vincent.

Below is a quote copied from an eBay listing of a Pearl 78 - anyone know what it's source and accuracy?

There are adverts in Billboard indicating they issued 45's and LP's - any information about those?
There is a youtube item for EP-1

Thanks, Thomas.


 "There Really was a Pearl."
“Pearl was a 1950s Canadian-American nightclub entertainer, singer and monologist who specialized in silly bawdy novelty songs.
Her style was much like that of Miami's legendary Belle Barth and Pearl's personal heroine, Pearl Williams. Both Barth and
Williams had produced popular adult oriented records on the After Hours label that sold well and brought them a fair degree of
notoriety.
Pearl's songs were both funny and somewhat shocking by the standards of the 1950s. Today these songs would barely be noticed for
their saucy lyrics and suggestive innuendo.  Pearl went by the full stage name of Pearly Mae and performed almost exclusively in
Baltimore nightclubs after moving from Toronto to Maryland. She regularly appeared in such nightspots as the Club Charles and The
Gayety Theater located in Baltimore's infamous downtown adult entertainment center called "The Block." Audiences were also
delighted when Pearl stole the show at the 2 O'clock Club on "The Block" where comedian Lenny Bruce got his start as well as the
famous exotic dancer and burlesque queen Blaze Starr. The latter was the basis for the 1989 Paul Newman biopic, "Blaze."  Pearl
also appeared at another popular Baltimore nightspot called The Chanticleer, where she warmed up the audience for the headliners,
Martin and Lewis.

“The Pearl record label output was very limited and localized with minimal distribution. There were efforts to have the masters
sold to Jubilee Records but that never came about. The Pearl label records were recorded at Audio Services Company at 1 W. Biddle
Street, in Baltimore and were produced by a gentleman named Walter Tees. Information regarding the actual pressing plant has been
lost. When released, Pearl was thrilled at having a record label named after her.

“In 1957, Pearl retired from showbiz to raise a family.

“How do I know all of this? I should!  Pearl is my mother! Still bright and funny as ever at 83 years old! “

written by Howard Kramer
(February 2009)